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From: Aaron Ecay <aaronecay@gmail.com>
To: Phil Hudson <phil.hudson@iname.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: History list for %^{...} in capture
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 16:55:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871t4odda9.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8760u86a1s.fsf@quiz.hudson-it.ddns.net>

Hi Phil,

2016ko maiatzak 20an, Phil Hudson-ek idatzi zuen:
> 
> Arising from a discussion here a couple of weeks ago, I'm thinking about
> how best to add a history list to org-capture's current
> %^{prompt|default|choice2|...|choiceN} escape syntax. Here's my thinking
> so far.

[...]

> 
> WDYT? Good idea? Too complex? Too "busy"? Useful? Not useful?

IMO, it’s very busy, and for a scenario that’s likely to be of use in
only a small number of circumstances.  I think it would be better to
just use a %(...) construct to call an elisp function which does the
completion exactly as you desire for your own usecase.

-- 
Aaron Ecay

  reply	other threads:[~2016-05-26 15:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-20 16:11 History list for %^{...} in capture Phil Hudson
2016-05-26 15:55 ` Aaron Ecay [this message]
2016-05-26 21:58   ` Philip Hudson

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